Apart from the ZTE Blade 20 smartphone that has appeared on the database of Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the real images of the upcoming Blade A5 (2020) on the same platform. It will be arriving as the successor for the Blade A5 (2019) that was announced in May this year. The A5 (2019) had featured an 18:9 aspect ratio display with thicker upper and lower bezels. The FCC images of the Blade A5 (2020) reveals that it is equipped with a trendy waterdrop notch display.

The Blade A5 (2020) real images and user manual screenshot reveals that it features a display with waterdrop notch. Except for the chin, the rest of the bezels surrounding the display are thin. The right spine of the phone has a volume rocker and a power key. Placed on the left side of the device is a microSD card slot.

The front notch houses a selfie camera and above it is an earpiece. The top edge of the phone has a 3.5mm audio jack. A microUSB charging port is available on the bottom side of the smartphone. The rear panel of the phone that seems to be made of polycarbonate material does not feature a fingerprint scanner which indicates that users will have to solely rely on face unlock function for biometric recognition. A vertical dual camera system followed by an LED flash is positioned at the top-left corner of the back shell of the device.

The specifications of the Blade A5 (2020) are currently under the wraps. Images of the battery and charger reveals that the smartphone is backed by a 3,200mAh capacity battery and it carries support for 5W charging. The FCC appearance of the Blade A5 (2020) suggests that the arrival of the smartphone is close at hand.

ZTE Blade A5 (2020) FCC 6

ZTE Blade A5 (2019) Specifications

The Blade A5 (2019) had a 5.45-inch display that offered HD+ resolution of 18:9. It was equipped with a front camera of 8-megapixel and a single rear camera of 13-megapixel. The modest Unisoc SC9863A chipset powered the smartphone along with 2 GB of RAM.

It came with a native storage of 16 GB and it was loaded with Mi Favor 9.0 UI based Android 9 Pie OS. The handset is backed by a 2,600mAh battery. It was announced in Russia with a price tag of RUB 6,490 (~$99).

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